Cuff-button holder.



G. WOLF ERMANN.. CUFF BUTTON HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJI. 1915.

Patentd June 27, 1916.

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CUFF-BUTTON HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 27, 1916.

A i a i n l sl August 1; 1%? 5, S ria N $5 01 TQ all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, Gr U lI) O MLF Q M NN, residing at St; Louis, State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Cuff- Button Holder, of which the following a specification.

My invention, which relates to the class of snap devices in the nature of spring clips or retainers adapted for being snapped onto an article to be safely held in the desired position, is more particularly designed for serving as a safety device for holding cuff buttons against accidentally working out of the shirt cuff, and my said invention primarily has for its object to provide a safety device for the purposes stated of-a simple and inexpensive character, neat in its appearance, that can be quickly applied to the button shank for holding the button in place and as quickly removed therefrom and which is as well adapted for-use between a double cuff, such as used is the summer, as well as on the out or inside of the ordinary styles of cuffs. I

My invention also has for its object to provide a cuff button holding device in which the snap portion that engages the button shank is so shaped as to fit entirely over the cufl button hole in such manner that neither the cuff nor the device can work back through the said button hole and in which is included a spring coil portion so shaped with reference to the snap or button shank engaging portion that it forms a handle for slipping the device into and out of operative position.

Vith other objects in view that will hereinafter appear, my invention is in the nature of a cufl button holder or safety device that embodies the peculiar construction of parts hereinafter explained, specifically pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 illustrates the practical application of my cuff button holder, the safety device as in use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the said holder, the same being shown as applied to a button, part of the button being broken away to more clearly lllustrate the holder. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the holder or device. Fig. t shows how the holder or safety device is applied for use. Figs. 5 and 6 are cross sections on Fig. 2, taken on the lines 55 and 6(3, respectively. Fig. 7 is a view that shows the holderor safety device applied to a double cuff w th the outer part of the cuff unbuttoned to indicate how the holder or device is applied.

My cuff button holder or safety device is clip fingers 22, the outer ends of which I merge with the opposite side members 33 of a ring-like base, the ends of the said members 3 ending at the loop or coil portion 1, as is best shown in Fig. 3, by reference to which it will be noticed that midway their length the clip members 22 are bowed outwardly to produce a clamping seat 20 for receiving the shank m of the button when the holder is applied for use.

The clip 01' loop portion 1 of the holder is bent up at right angles to the base portion 3 and fingers 2-2 and forms a convenient handle or finger piece to facilitate applying or removing the holder from the cuff button, it being readily understood that by forming the said coil or loop into a handle, the user can, by gripping the handle between the thumb and first finger, easily apply the holder to the button (see arrow 1 on Fig. 5, and as readily remove it from the shank by pulling in the direction of the arrow 2, Fig. 6.)

By forming the body of the holder in a ring-like base, as stated and shown, the said base, when the holder is in place, surrounds the button hole and prevents the holder or any part thereof working into the button hole and at the same time causes the holder to keep its position by seating flatwise against the cuff, and thereby hold the cuff button also in its proper shape and positively against danger of its becoming separated from the cuff.

While I have shown the holder applied to the outside of the ordinary style of cuif, it is obvious that it may also be likewise used on the inside of the said cuff and as readily used on the double or summer shirt cuff (see Fig. 7) and when used as shown in Fig. 7, the holder is concealed when the outer part of the cuff, that is shown thrown back in Fig. 7, is slipped over the head of the button.

My device is exceedingly simple, can be made at a very small cost, and by reason of forming it from a single piece of spring wire, it is of neat appearance and by bond ing it to the shape shown there are no sharp corners that might hook into a coat sleeve or other garment.

hat I claim is:

1. As a new article, a cult holder formed of a piece of spring wire bent midway its length to form a spring coil, the two wire portions extending parallel from the coil and in engagement with each other to form clip fingers, said fingers having outwardly bowed portions located at substantially the geometrical center of the article to form a seat for gripping the shank of a button, wire portionsbeing curved from the ends of the clip fingers in opposite directions outwardly to form a ring-like base through which the clip fingers pass diametrically, the ends of said curved portions of the wire terminating adjacent to said spring coil, said-clip fingers being of slightly greater length than the diameter of said ring-like base whereby said coil will project beyond the same, said coil also projecting at right angles from said spring fingers and the base portion to form a handle member, all being arranged substantially as shown and de scribed.

2. A device for the purpose stated, made of a piece of spring wire and including a base portion to extend around a button-hole; spring members separated at one end and adapted to be slipped over and snapped onto the shank of a button, said spring members being connected at said end to said base portion and said spring members being connected together at the other end to form a handle adapted to be gripped by the fingers, said handle extending at an angle to said spring members and to said base portion, substantially as shown and described.

GUIDO WOLFER-MANN.

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